Pipe-grip.



PATENTBD JULY 24, 1906.

G. G. GRIFFIN.

PIPE GRIP. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28. 1905.

Till NORRIS PETERS C0,, vusumowu, n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PIPE-GRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.

Application filed November 28, 1905. Serial No. 289, i33.

' y a citizen of the United States, residing at Atascosa, in the countyof BeXar, State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pipe-Grips and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to grips, and more particularly to pipe-grips,and has for its 0bj set to provide a device of this kind by means ofwhich pipe and other similarlyshaped bodies may be grasped to lift them.

A particular object is to provide a grip which will be simple and whichmay be manufactured at a low figure.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription.

In the drawing forming.a portion of this specification there is shown aperspective view of the pipe-grip engaged with the pipe to lift thelatter.

Referring now to the drawing, the present invention comprises twomembers 5 and 6, the former including an upper horizontal portion 7,having a horizontally-disposed eye 8 at its forward portion and havingdepending side pieces 9 at its rearward portion. The member 6 includesaforwardly disposed horizontal eye 10 and rearwardly-divergent legs 11,having laterally-turned trunnions 12 at their rearward ends, which areengaged in eyes 13 in the portions 9. The member 6 is thus pivoted forvertical movement to bringits eye 10 into and out of exact registrationwith the eye 8. When these eyes 8 and 10 are in registration with eachother, they may be engaged with a pipe or other cylindrical body, and ifthe member 5 be then raised the rearward portion of the member 6 willalso be raised, which will throw this member out of a horizontal planeand tend to draw its eye 10 out of registration with the eye 8, whichwill cause the eye 10 to bind against the pipe, thus holding the latteragainst movement with respect to the grip. Lifting-cables 14 may beengaged with the upper horizontal portion 7 of the member 5, and, asshown in the drawing, the members 5 and 6 may be each formed of a singlemetallic rod bent into the desired shape. I

What is claimed is 1. A pipe-grip comprising a member including ahorizontally-disposed eye, depending side portions connected with theeye and lying rearwardly thereof, and a'lower member pivotally connectedwith the lower ends of the side portions, said lower member having aneye and being movable upon its pivot to bring its eye into and out ofregistration with the first-named eye.

2. A device of the class described comprising upper and lower members,the upper member having ahorizontal portion provided with ahorizontally-disposed eye at its forward end and depending side portionsat its rearward portion, said lower member including ahorizontally-disposed eye, and rearwardly-divergent le s carried by theeye, said legs having lateral y-directed trunnions at their rearwardends pivotally engaged in the side portions of the upper member formovement of said lower member to bring its eye into and out ofregistration with the eye of the upper member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLAUD CHAMP GRIFFIN.

Witnesses:

R. A. REEsE, WM. SCHLESINGER.

